I have been told that if you sell a vehicle as a kit, you do not have to
have it licensed, and as long as you don't call it a Ford truck, of Mack
truck ect. As a kit, you are selling peices, not a complete rehicle. Again,
this is what I have been told.
Roy J Meissner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Jacob" <cja...@vif.com>
To: <S-Scale@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 10:31 AM
Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Older vehicles
> Hi there!
>
> I do not want to rain on anybody's parade, but I read somewhere that if
> somebody wants to make models [either current or from the early 1900's]
> of cars or trucks from any of the major auto making companies, those auto
> companies want to have their part of the deal, I.E.: A model making
> company will have to pay some royalties to the auto company... such
> royalties are VERY expensive... it is related to those copyright/
> trademark/etc. laws.
>
> Even if your model company makes a car from the 1930's you have to pay
> the current original automaker a percentage of your income for selling
> those model cars...
>
> That is why only the most richest model companies do the most popular
> model autos we buy in hobby shops, Toys R Us, etc. Companies like
> Hot Wheels, Matchbox, etc.
>
> The same thing is with model airplanes like the Boeing 747 models, a
> company that wants to make a new model of such an airplane has to pay a
> HUGE licence or royalty fee to Boeing...
>
> Its frustrating, but that's the way it goes. Remember the infamous
> Union Pacific trademark licensing debacle of some years ago? [Thanks to
> MTH to have sorted that out for us...]
>
> BUT!! A trick I would suggest to avoid paying such "pesky" royalty fees
> to those automaker/airplane companies would be to make all parts of a
> model auto [wings, hoods, roof, doors, etc] separately and sell them this
> way... a bit like DPM and other makes that sell modular walls. An auto
> roof could be used for any kind of car and may be adapted for other types
> of vehicules by modifying the parts.
>
> This way, an auto company that complains that a model company makes
> "their" auto models will have a very hard time [and I bet a big
> headache ;) ] to try to make the model company pay the aforementioned
> royalties... as the model company would say: "I did NOT copy your type
> of car, I only made "generic" model auto parts!", "Tiens-toé!!" as I
> would say in French Québécois... or in English: "Take that, you greedy
> automaker company! :p"
>
> ;)
>
> Note that I am not all that versed in legal technicalities, but I
> think it would certainly be workable, if the separate auto parts are
> generic enough, no auto companies would complain...
>
> Of course, some modellers may balk up at that concept, as they would
> rather have built-up models, but that may be a little price to pay... and
> besides, any modeller could make any model auto, truck, bus, etc. he/she
> wants without "chopping up" and readapting an existing built-up model...
> as the old saying says:
>
> -"How didn't I think of that before?!" ;)
>
> ..Just my 0.02$...
>
> See ya all!
>
> Charles Jacob.
>
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>
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